did him honour] compare xvi. 14, xxi. 19.
Chapter XXXIII.
1–10 (compare 2 Kings xxi. 1–16).
Manasseh’s Reign. His Apostasy.
¹Manasseh was twelve years old when he began to reign; and he reigned fifty and five years in Jerusalem. ²And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, after the abominations of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out before the children of Israel.
1. in Jerusalem] The Chronicler omits here the name of Manasseh’s mother, Hephzi-bah.
³For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
3. the Baalim] i.e. the gods—of Canaan—Baalim being the plural of the word Baal (Lord, i.e. God). See the notes on xvii. 3, and 1 Chronicles viii. 33.
Asheroth] compare xiv. 3 (note).
the host of heaven] See the note on xviii. 18. Compare 2 Kings xvii. 16; Jeremiah viii. 2.